1. Tinariwen · Amatssou · Wedge [40]
2. Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté · The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere · Real World [2]
3. Bokanté · History · Real World [8]
4. Fatoumata Diawara · London Ko · 3ème Bureau / Wagram Music [1]
5. Bantu · What Is Your Breaking Point? · Soledad Productions [11]
6. Damir Imamović · The World and All That It Holds · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [4]
7. Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit [3]
8. Omara Portuondo · Vida · One World [7]
9. Saîdê Goyî · Jinê · Saîdê Goyî [12]
10. Blick Bassy · Madiba · InFiné [6]
11. Wilson das Neves · Senzala e Favela · FundiSom [-]
12. Jawa · Last Breaths from Aleppo · Muziekpublique [13]
13. Mari Kalkun · Stories of Stonia · Real World [-]
14. Baaba Maal · Being · Marathon Artists [5]
15. Seckou Keita with BBC Concert Orchestra · African Rhapsodies: A Work for Kora and Symphonic Orchestra · Claves [10]
16. Eliades Ochoa · Guajiro · World Circuit [9]
17. Shono · Kolkhozoy Traktor · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup [15]
18. La Cantiga de la Serena · La Novia · Zero Nove Nove [23]
19. Cantares del Pacífico · Aguajes de Mar y Manglar · Chaco World Music [-]
20. Matthieu Saglio · Voices · ACT [17]
21. Frigg · Perintö / Heritage · Bafe’s Factory [19]
22. Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood · Jarak Qaribak · World Circuit [28]
23. Inna Baba Coulibaly · Djilly Kawral · Remote / Studio Mali [16]
24. Rastak · Essentials · Rastak [18]
25. Mehmet Polat Quartet · Embodied Poetry · Aftab / AudioMaze [-]
26. Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani · Les Égarés · Nø Førmat [29]
27. Inna de Yard · Family Affair · Chapter Two / Wagram [36]
28. Lankum · False Lankum · Rough Trade [34]
29. Tony Allen & Adrian Younge · Tony Allen JID018 · Jazz Is Dead [-]
30. Son Palenque · Itan Pa’loyo · Palenque [-]
31. V.A. · Taa! Our Language May Be Dying, but Our Voices Remain · Glitterbeat [27]
32. Oghlan Bakhshi · Journey across the Steppes · Felmay [-]
33. Pausis · Pausis · Seikilo Ancient World Music [-]
34. Al Bilali Soudan · Babi · Clermont Music [14]
35. Faizal Mostrixx · Mutations · Glitterbeat [-]
36. Balamuc · Tarkabarka · Balamuc [-]
37. Balimaya Project · When the Dust Settles · New Soil x Jazz re:freshed [-]
38. V.A. · Made in Zemo Alvani: Batsbi (Tsova Tushetian) Music from Georgia · Antonovka [-]
39. Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers International · Igbo Amaka · Palenque / Odogwu Entertainment [31]
40. Tri Nguyen · Duos Alone · Naxos World [-]
Founder members and administrators: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)
Current active members: Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Ankur Malhotra (IN), Alexis Herrería (MX), Rosângela Britto (BR), Ula Nowak (PL), Liana Cisneros (PE), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU)
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